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Viscosity measurements of hydrocarbon fuel at temperatures from (303.2 to 513.2) K and pressures up to 5.1 MPa using a two-capillary viscometer

Yang, Z.[Zhuqiang], Liu, Z.[Zhaohui], Bi, Q.[Qincheng], Feng, S.[Song], Pan, H.[Hui], Guo, Y.[Yong]
Thermochim. Acta 2015, 617, 1-7
ABSTRACT
A two-capillary method based on the Hagen Poiseuille theory was proposed for on-line measurements of dynamic viscosity of hydrocarbons at high temperatures and high pressures. A two-capillary viscometer was designed and proved to be applicable to the viscosity measurements in a mini-tube. The standard uncertainty of dynamic viscosity measurements is identified as (2.22 5.28) % (coverage factor k = 2). N-heptane, n-octane and their binary mixture were tested respectively in the calibration experiments of the viscometer. Results showed that the measured maximum relative deviations of all substances were all within 2% and the average absolute deviations were within 0.72%. Finally viscosities of a kerosene kind hydrocarbon fuel were measured using the two-capillary viscometer at temperature from (303.2 to 513.2) K and supercritical pressures of (3.00 and 4.00) MPa.
Compounds
# Formula Name
1 C7H16 heptane
2 C8H18 octane
Datasets
The table above is generated from the ThermoML associated json file (link above). POMD and RXND refer to PureOrMixture and Reaction Datasets. The compound numbers are included in properties, variables, and phases, if specificied; the numbers refer to the table of compounds on the left.
Type Compound-# Property Variable Constraint Phase Method #Points
  • POMD
  • 1
  • Viscosity, Pa*s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • two-capillary method based on the Hagen-Poiseuille Theory
  • 21
  • POMD
  • 2
  • Viscosity, Pa*s ; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • two-capillary method based on the Hagen-Poiseuille Theory
  • 21
  • POMD
  • 2
  • 1
  • Viscosity, Pa*s ; Liquid
  • Pressure, kPa; Liquid
  • Temperature, K; Liquid
  • Mass fraction - 1; Liquid
  • Liquid
  • two-capillary method based on Hagen-Poiseuille theory
  • 36